Sunday, April 25, 2010

Linda Gordon and Kevin Starr win LA Times Book Prizes

The LA Times Book Prizes were handed out this weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Winners included:

For biography:
Linda Gordon, Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits (W.W. Norton & Co.)

For history:
Kevin Starr, Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950 – 1963 (Oxford University Press)